First Lady Jill Biden to visit Wilmington Monday

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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WNCN) — First Lady Jill Biden will be making a stop in Wilmington on Monday, according to the White House.

Jill Biden is scheduled to arrive at Wilmington International Airport around 11:30 a.m. Monday and will “deliver remarks at a political event” in the city around 12:15 p.m.

She will then travel to Tampa, FL and Columbus, GA to make similar campaign stops.

This is the First Lady’s third visit to North Carolina in less than two weeks. On June 28, the morning after the debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump in Atlanta, the Bidens flew into Raleigh for a campaign event.

Earlier that week, on June 25, Jill Biden was in Charlotte to speak at a political finance event.

The visit comes as many Democrats have begun calling for Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race following the debate in Atlanta. Just last week, however, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper was among those who expressed their continued support for the incumbent.

“President Biden told us he is definitely running for re-election,” Cooper said in a statement following a meeting between the president and other Democratic governors on Wednesday. “He is our nominee and we’ll continue doing everything we can to deliver North Carolina to him.”

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Hannah Leyva

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